Improvement in cuffs



'jw. ALFRED oLuErr,

,'STATESTPTENT OFFICE,

onf TROY, new fronti,

j 1MPRovEMENTiNeuFFs- Specification forming pax-tof Letters Patent No.158,627, dated .Januar-y1?. H175; application filed'l July 13,1374.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it knownl that I, J. W. ALFRED GLUETT, Yof the city of Troy, countyof Rensselaer, State ot' NewYork, have invented'au Improved Culi', ot'which the following is a specification This invention relatesto' animpro\lement in what is generally known as false cutis-z'. e., a cuffmade separate from the sleeve-and is adapted to any style of cu' foreither gentlemens or ladies wear. Y

. The'oliject ot' the invention is to sare material, and to avoid theturning out of the cuff at one edge after the same has been runtogether.

In the ordinary method ot' making cuffs, more particularlyI false culis,the fabrickis cut in the desired shape, andy of as many thicknesses asdesired, two ot' these thicknesses being thefront and back, andtheremaining one or ones the` interlin'ing.'v4 These pieces are placedtogether,v wrong-side out, and run orcoa-rsely stitched together aroundthree of theed ges, then turned right-side out through the' open orv unstitched edge, called the closing edge. 'This closing edge isthen'folded inward and stitched,''whieh A `cord or cords may also bestitchedin entirelycloses the cuit'. Inthis manner of making the vcutfthe closing edge, of course, cannot be run or stitched before turning,consequently there is, and must be, greater width ot' n1aterial'at the'closing edge than at the other edges in.

order to prevent 'this' edge from raveli'ng out. Further, theclosingedge after having been stitched will open `as far back as the seam madev in closing it because not run up o n thewrong side, while theremaining edges will not open,

'and if stitched on the edge-to prevent its opening then the stitchingvWill not be 'uniform unless the remaining lsides be. stitched tocorrespond, whicl1 adds materially to the cost of manufactura?. Further,a' raised cord, which is often stitched inttheA edge of thefcntl' for amore ornamental finish, cannot be placed'at the l closingedge.'"Consequently a reversible cuj eannotbecordedon all ofits edgesso'thatthey will be' uniform. ,..I1urther,.un1ess great care he taken invturningrin.,the closing edgeof the'cu, .A

and4 "skilled, Workmen employed -to do "it, `the .fabriewin wrinkiefmlaundry-dug.

ammirare-th dni' 'uiaestoeiminish' the cost ot' prod uci ng themanufactured article are the objects of myv invention.

In the accompanying drawings, which forniit willfcover or makeone-halt', or more or less,

of the back ot' the eut't'; then anotherpieee is so out 'thatwhen'folded in the centerit will make the remaining part of theback.These Aand'B. A single back thus cut will maken three-ply cuff. '1i morethicknesses are desired this back may be duplicated. are v`then pnttogether wrong-Aside ont, as in ordinary manner, and run. or stitchedentire] equal and uniform in appearance and in fact.

for the jseamC, which obviatcs the necessity of turning in an additionalwidth of material beenrun ors'titched entirely around it is turnedright-side 'o-ut'fthroughor between-"the open edges .of A and B; thenthese edges,which :Willreadily lap 'j ust enough 'toleave 'the sur--face smooth and even, are stitched together Aand through'the front,which -not only closes largely' enhancing themarket value of the entf.

1n a reversible c u't' the pieces Afand B would be made ot' equal. size,orso. that the closing -obvious -that these pieces maybe so cut thatnear one edgeor end, and that' it, `may be in 'the front instead of thehaak ofthe curi'.

a part ot' this specification, Figure -l Visa plan. y

piece, is so eut that when folded in the center.

two lparts are designated in .the drauvings as These pieces around `thcVcuit', thereby -lnaking the edges around the cui', -The-cu't edges ofthe' pieces`- A. and B are seamled in with the edge'cf the front `andtlieirfolded edgesleftat the center 'to*prevent-ranching out; Afterthe'cu'tt'has the opening, but makes au ornamental seam,

seam Wouldbe through the 'middle-7 butit istheclosi-ngscam willnot be inthe middle, but

If a roW of -v-stitching. thrughf the center Vof the cui' be undesirablein someparticu'lar style of cliff it may be omitted, because inlaundrying the lu-p of the edges ot' A and B will be united. .bythestarchv and the pressing suiciently secure for weer, and as these edgesare folded they will not revel out.

It will be observed that all the eut or raw edges of the pieces makingthe cutl are stitchedv As n new article ot' manufacture, a detachablecuff made with :Lbncli having two sections,

each section having u. folded edge between which the cuff is turnedright-side. out, and the two sections then stitched or otherwiseconnected together at their folded edges, making the closing seam,substantially as described.

- In witness whereof l hzwe hereto set my hand.

J. V. ALFRED CLUETT.

Witnesses: s

- GEO. B. GLUETT, N. DAVEN'PQRT.

